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heda came along, her eyes encouraging whenever ava looked to her.
what she did not expect was the skeleton. a strangled cry broke from her throat; she pushed herself between her daughter and the hanging bones, mouth dry, eyes wide as she stared at them.
caught by its tail, the cat had not been able to free itself. she gazed at this morbidity of nature until she became sick; heda turned away. "when did you find this, baby? just now?"